Research Events Officer

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced events professional with exceptional organisational and interpersonal skills to join our School of Management Research Office team and help drive forward our ambitious and exciting events portfolio.

The School of Management moved into its stunning new building in 2022, and we have an exciting calendar of research events ranging from medium-sized conferences of approximately 100 delegates to very large international conferences with upwards of 1,000 attendees.

We want this role to take ownership of these events, but you will not be doing this job alone. You will be part of a dynamic and friendly team, led by the Head of Research Operations who provides overall strategic oversight and direction to the Research Office, and with a key point of contact being the Research Marketing Manager who holds line management responsibility for this role.

Using your events management experience and skills you will take a leading role in all key aspects of these events, including:

• advertising
• website management
• planning parallel and keynote sessions
• liaising with hotels and events venues in Bath
• organising gala dinners, social trips and more.

About you

You will bring a strong track record in event management, ideally including experience delivering academic conferences or working in a higher education or similarly complex environment. You will also demonstrate:

• Strong project management and organisational skills, with excellent communication and attention to detail
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and build effective working relationships across internal teams, academic divisions, research centres, and external partners
• Experience of managing priorities, processes, and procedures within a complex environment
• A proactive, self-motivated, and flexible approach, with the resilience to perform under pressure
• Strong IT skills, including experience with virtual event platforms and registration systems
• Experience in analysing event performance and contributing to strategic planning would be an advantage.

Further information

This role is offered on a full-time, permanent basis, 36.5 hours per week.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Amanda Willmot, Head of Research Operations on acw51@bath.ac.uk, however please ensure that you submit your application through the university website.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

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